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The Inbetweeners: 'Our movie's success doesn't make any logical sense'https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/18/inbetweeners-movie-faces-2011-comedy
Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Simon Bird on the year they made the most successful British comedy movie in history<p>In an early scene of <em>The Inbetweeners Movie</em>, released in August, audiences met a central character wearing boxer shorts and scuba-diving equipment, noisily pleasuring himself into an open packet of wafer-thin ham. There followed 90 minutes of similarly vulgar surprises (intercourse with the elderly, the nasal ingestion of poo), but the film's biggest shock, its most convention-rattling stunner, was saved until last. Within a month of release, <em>The Inbetweeners Movie</em> – a feature-length spin-off of a sitcom broadcast on E4 from 2008 to 2010 – had become the most successful British comedy in cinema history.</p><p>"Hard to compute," says Blake Harrison, one of the film's four stars. "Surreal," says Joe Thomas. "If you thought about it too deeply you'd drive yourself mental," says James Buckley. "It certainly doesn't make any logical sense," says Simon Bird.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/18/inbetweeners-movie-faces-2011-comedy">Continue reading...</a>The InbetweenersComedyComedyFilmTelevisionCultureSimon BirdThe Inbetweeners MovieSun, 18 Dec 2011 00:05:37 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/18/inbetweeners-movie-faces-2011-comedyPhotograph: Phil Fisk/ObserverThe Inbetweeners cast: from left, Blake Harrison, James Buckley, Simon Bird and Joe Thomas. Photograph: Phil Fisk for the ObserverPhotograph: Phil Fisk/ObserverThe Inbetweeners cast: from left, Blake Harrison, James Buckley, Simon Bird and Joe Thomas. Photograph: Phil Fisk for the ObserverTom Lamont2011-12-18T00:05:37Z